Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,403 0
2.
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David
961 0
3.
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Peter
890 0
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Michael
707 +1
4.
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Robert
707 0
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Kevin
583 +1
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Brian
492 -1
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William
481 0
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Bruce
470 0
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Ian
421 0
10.
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Paul
421 +1
12.
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James
406 0
12.
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Stephen
406 +10
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Graeme
401 -1
15.
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Murray
358 0
16.
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Alan
354 -2
17.
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Richard
345 0
18.
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Kenneth
320 0
19.
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Graham
319 -3
20.
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Anthony
304 +1
21.
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Wayne
297 -1
22.
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Barry
294 +1
23.
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Colin
293 -4
24.
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Christopher
285 +2
25.
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Allan
255 +2
26.
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Raymond
252 -1
27.
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Trevor
241 -3
28.
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Ronald
238 +1
29.
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Donald
228 -2
30.
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Gary
218 +2
31.
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Geoffrey
214 +3
32.
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Philip
209 -1
33.
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Dennis
204 -3
34.
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Keith
186 +1
35.
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Grant
184 +6
36.
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Thomas
179 +2
37.
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Ross
178 -1
38.
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Malcolm
175 +1
39.
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Roger
174 -6
39.
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Russell
174 -2
41.
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Neil
172 +1
42.
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Douglas
162 -3
42.
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Warren
162 +1
44.
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Edward
146 +16
45.
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Garry
138 +13
46.
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Andrew
136 +8
46.
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Terence
136 -2
48.
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Robin
133 +4
49.
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George
132 -3
50.
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Gregory
131 +10
51.
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Phillip
128 +2
52.
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Gordon
124 -4
52.
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Leslie
124 -7
54.
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Charles
121 -5
55.
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Neville
119 0
56.
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Mark
115 0
57.
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Patrick
111 -10
58.
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Rex
110 +7
59.
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Bryan
103 +3
60.
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Denis
102 +7
60.
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Rodney
102 -10
62.
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Stuart
101 -5
63.
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Lindsay
100 -4
64.
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Desmond
87 +12
64.
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Maurice
87 0
66.
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Gavin
83 +10
67.
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Arthur
78 -4
67.
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Joseph
78 +5
67.
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Noel
78 -16
70.
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Alexander
77 -1
70.
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Owen
77 +5
72.
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Steven
75 +8
73.
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Eric
74 -7
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Norman
74 -6
75.
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Jeffrey
72 +15
76.
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Mervyn
71 +8
77.
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Stanley
70 new
78.
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Francis
68 -8
79.
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Timothy
66 -6
80.
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Martin
65 -9
81.
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Kerry
63 -7
82.
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Bernard
61 -3
83.
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Roy
60 +3
84.
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Nigel
57 +15
85.
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Lance
54 new
85.
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Laurence
54 -1
87.
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Clive
53 -9
87.
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Frederick
53 -1
87.
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Lawrence
53 -7
90.
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Allen
52 +5
91.
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Ivan
51 -2
92.
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Warwick
50 -10
93.
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Albert
49 new
93.
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Derek
49 -7
95.
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Terrence
47 0
96.
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Leonard
46 -4
96.
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Walter
46 new
98.
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Daniel
44 new
98.
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Lloyd
44 +2
98.
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Selwyn
44 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
702 0
2.
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Christine
606 0
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Judith
505 0
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Susan
489 +1
5.
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Jennifer
473 -1
6.
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Mary
435 +1
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Linda
420 +3
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Patricia
417 -2
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Elizabeth
387 0
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Barbara
386 -2
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Lynette
366 0
12.
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Helen
335 0
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Janice
307 0
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Carol
301 +3
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Diane
297 +3
16.
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Sandra
292 0
17.
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Pamela
274 -2
18.
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Heather
256 -4
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Kathleen
250 +1
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Anne
240 +12
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Shirley
233 -2
22.
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Karen
226 +13
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Janet
220 +3
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Robyn
216 -3
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Beverley
208 -2
26.
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Lorraine
202 -5
27.
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Marilyn
199 +2
28.
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Pauline
195 -4
29.
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Suzanne
191 +1
30.
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Gail
187 0
31.
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Maureen
181 -4
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Carolyn
171 -4
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Colleen
169 -8
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Dianne
169 +1
35.
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Wendy
164 +7
36.
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Alison
160 0
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Rosemary
160 +11
38.
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Raewyn
159 -5
39.
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Lesley
151 -2
40.
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Frances
150 +14
41.
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Denise
147 +8
42.
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Lynda
145 +23
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Marie
145 -3
44.
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Ann
144 -5
45.
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Valerie
142 0
46.
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Annette
140 -5
47.
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Yvonne
134 -3
48.
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Catherine
132 -10
49.
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Sharon
128 +12
50.
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Jillian
126 +10
51.
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Cheryl
118 -8
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Julie
118 -6
53.
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Kathryn
109 -3
54.
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Gloria
107 +14
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Dorothy
100 -7
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Lynne
100 +6
57.
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Jeanette
98 0
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Jocelyn
98 +12
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Marion
98 -1
60.
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Kay
95 -9
61.
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Gillian
91 -2
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Jane
91 +25
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Joan
91 -9
64.
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Joy
90 -6
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Lois
90 -1
66.
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Elaine
88 -14
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Jill
88 +4
68.
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Adrienne
86 +15
69.
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Jacqueline
85 +4
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Glenys
81 -4
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Ruth
81 -6
72.
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Sally
80 -1
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Sheryl
80 -18
74.
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Diana
73 -7
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Vivienne
72 0
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Irene
71 -5
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Shona
68 +1
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Jean
66 +2
79.
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Dawn
65 -2
80.
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Glenda
64 +19
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Josephine
64 0
82.
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Brenda
62 +1
83.
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Lynnette
61 -9
84.
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Maria
60 +7
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June
59 -3
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Noeline
59 -7
87.
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Ngaire
58 -11
88.
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Marlene
54 new
89.
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Lynley
50 +10
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Susanne
49 new
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Eileen
48 -5
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Julia
47 +7
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Paula
47 new
94.
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Daphne
46 new
94.
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Faye
46 -1
96.
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Fay
45 new
96.
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Penelope
45 -4
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Robin
45 new
99.
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Christina
44 new
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Janis
44 -10